PRACTICE VOCABULARY TIME WORDS

PRACTICE VOCABULARY TIME WORDS

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TIME WORDS AND PHRASES

At, In, On

At are used with clock time, festivals and definte times:

at 10 am/ at Christmas/ at the end of the week/at present

In is used with months, years,seasons,part of the day and future points:

In April/ in 1906/ in spring/ in the moring /in a week/in a moment

On is used with dates,days of the week and expressions with day:

On april 18th/ on Tuesday/on my birthday

Already

To day that something has happened before now or a time mentioned:

We’re already discussed this matter.

For, since,ago

For is used with a period of time:

We’ve been working on this project for six months.

Since is used with a point of time and comes before the time reference:

We’ve been working on this project since January

Ago describes the time since an event. It comes after the time reference:

He died ten years ago.

Still

Still describes a situation that continues to exist:

Scientists are still looking for answer to these questions.

No longer

No longer means ‘not any more’

Scientists no longer believe that this is true